Wheeler & Wilson Number 8 — User manual

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING

WHEELER & WILSONS





        No.

 SEWANG MACHINE

              (Treadle or Hand).

NOTICE.
   These directions should be carefully studied and followed by
persons learning to operate the machine.
   Allow no person interested in the sale of other Sewing
Machines to handle the machine in any manner whatever.
Allow the machine to be adjusted or repaired by no one but an
authorized agent, or at one of our offices.
     If the machine needs repairing take it off the table, enclose
 it, with the hemmer, bobbins, and bobbin cover, in a small box,
with the name and address of the owner written plainly and tied
to it, and send it to some office or agency for the sale of our
machines, and it will be put in /order and promptly returned.



     The following articles are furnished with each

                    No. 8 Machine.

    12 Needles; 1 Thumb Sertw; 1 Extra Needle Set Screw ;

 4 Bobbins ; 1 Bobbin Cover; 1 Plate Gauge; I Quilting Gauge;
 IWheel;Coarse1ThroatBlack Wrench;Plate; 1 1ScrewSteel Driver;Wrench;11OilBraider;Can; iI Gather-Emery
 ing, 1 Side-cut, and 1 Corder Glass; 1 Hemmer; and 1 Copy
 Printed Instructions.

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MACHINE WITH PLATE SIDES REMOVED.





   INDERSIDE OF THE MACHINE.

Parts of the Machine.
   1. Band Wheel.                            13- Spool Wire.           24. Stitch  Regulating      Connection.                           14- Thread Check.            Knob.    Needle Lever.                                                   Take-up Cam.                              15. TensionPulley.                 Link.        110.                                        Roller.                                   Nut.         125.          Bảr.                             Take-up               Main Shaft'
            Set Screw.        18  ThreadLeader.           Rotating Hook.
     • Presser-foot.             19. Guide Roller.         29. Bobbin and Cover   8.        Bar.                              ¿O. Needle Bar Thread  30. Bobbin Holder,
                Spring            Guide.                31. Feed Cams.
 10. Pressure Thumb Screw.  21. Throat Plate.          32. Lower Tension Screw.
     Presser Lifter.              Front Plate Side      33• Feed Bar.
 12.Oil Cups.               23. Back                 34- Feed Points.
       DIRECTIONS
                   FOR USING
   Wheeler & Wilson's No. 8 Sewing Machine
            (TREADLE OR HAND).

  to bee hadhad theof ourwashingagents, andandatatourtheoffices.bet oiL At chipe Oil,
  indicated by the letter O, in the cuts, at the bottom of the con-
 nection, and around the feed-bar, wherever there is friction.
 The parts on the under side of the machine may best be cleaned
 and oiled by removing the belt and turning the machine back,
 as shown in the cut.
   NOTE.-When the machine is turned back, as for cleaning
 and oiling, the little ball in the take-up cam may slip down into
 the notch made for entering it, and prevent the machine from
             If so, it should be raised out of the notch with the end turning. of the finger before turning the machine down.
   Below the table, oil the bearings of the treadle; the pins
 through each end of the pitman, and the balance-wheel shaft
 through two holes above it.
    Oil the spooler occasionally.
    After oiling, remove the bobbin and case, raise the presser-
 foot, and run the machine rapidly a minute; then wipe off all
 superfluous oil, to prevent soiling the goods.  If the machine runs
hard at any time, it is certain that some part has not been oiled.

   Use the fine throat plate with needles from No. I to No. 5;
for larger the coarse one must be substituted, as the fine one
would chafe off the thread.
  Make yourself familiar with the motion of the treadle by
running the machine without thread and with the presser-foot
raised, until a regular motion is attained.
   (Never run the machine with the presser-foot down, except
when sewing, as it will scratch the foot and dull the feed points.)

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  To Set the Needle.-Loosen the needle set screw, insert
the needle with its long groove towards the right; be sure to
push the needle as far into the socket as it will go, and secure
it firmly with the set screw.
   To Wind the Bobbin.-Throw off the
belt,turn down the spooler, and place the
bobbin on the spindle.See that it runs true.
Hold the end of the thread with the right
hand, and with the left wind the thread several
 times around the bobbin, or until the end is
 secured, and then break off the end to prevent
 its being caught up and sewed into the seam
before the bobbin is empty. Then wind the
bobbin by operating the treadle, holding the
 thread firmly between the thumb and finger,
and allowing it to pass from one side of the     Spooler.
bobbin to the other, that it may be wound
 tight and even.





          Cover and Bobbin.




   To Place the Bobbin.- Draw out the plate-slide, loosen
 the bobbin-holder and draw it back. Place the bobbin within
 the ring and lay both in the fork of the bobbin-holder, with their
 lower edges within the cavity of the rotating hook. Let the
 ring benext to the bobbin-holder, with the thread winding from the
 bottom of the bobbin and to ward the operator, push up the bobbin-
 holder and tighten the screw firmly.
   To Place the Bobbin in those Machines fitted with a
 Hinged Bobbin-Holder.- Press the lever (6), and turn back
 the drop (a). Place the bobbin within the cover, and lay both

DIRECTIONS FOR USING


 upon the drop, with their lower edges within the cavity of the
 rotating hook. Let the cover be next to the drop and the bobbin
 next to the rotating hook, the thread winding from the bottom
 of the bobbin toward you, as shown in the cut.Turn up the
 drop till secured by the catch.
   (NOTE.-Before inserting the bobbin, the inside of the cover
 should be wiped out with an oiled rag, to remove lint or dirt, and
 to oil the inside of the cover.)





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   To Thread the Machine.-Place the spool on the spool-
 wire, pass the thread over the thread-check, down the left side of
 the tension pulley, once around it in the groove, and through the
 take-up; loop it through the leader, over the guide-roller, through
 the needle-bar thread-guide, and thread the needle from right to
left, all as shown in the cut. Let the thread extend through the
needle two or three inches when the take-up is fully back: Now
hold the end of the upper thread loosely between the thumb and
 finger, and turn the machine carefully while the needle goes down
and up once, then draw the upper thread and with it the under
thread up through the hole in the throat-plate, and pass them
both back under the presser.
   To commence Sewing.--Place the cloth beneath the needle,
and let down the presser-foot by dropping the presser-lifter.

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 Place your finger upon the ends of the threads till one or two
stitches are taken.  Start the machine by turning,the band-
wheel towards you. Do not pull or push the work-the machine
 feeds it. If it does not, the feed is turned off.
    The length of stitch is governed by the stitch regulating
 knob.  Push the knob to the right to lengthen, and to the left
 to shorten the stitch.  Keep the knob screwed down sufficiently
 to prevent it from moving by the running of the machine, but
 not so tightly as to prevent it sliding easily when pressed against


    Regulate the tension of the upper thread by turning the
 tension nut. Turn it as indicated bythe arrow (page 2) to
 tighten the tension, the other way to loosen it. To tighten the
 tension of the under thread, turn the tension screw as indicated
 by the arrow (page 2), and the other way to loosen it. In sewing
 soft, thin fabrics, the tension of both threads should be loose;
 on thick and heavy goods it should be tight.  In sewing seams
 where strength is required, the tension should be alike on both
 threads, in order that the lock may be in the centre of the goods.
 In stitching, however, where the upper side is the right side,
 the under tension may be tightest, that the lock may be below
 the centre. And if the lower side is ior the right side, the upper
 tension may be the tightest, that the lock may be drawn above
 the centre.
   The best way is to regulate the tension of the upper thread
 before starting, so that when pulling the thread some tension
 will be felt, but not near enough to break it. And then while
 sewing adjust the under tension (by turning the screw) till the
 lock is as desired.  If both tensions are then found to be too
 tight or too loose; change the upper one first and regulate the
 under one to correspond as before.
   The greatestsecret of perfect sewing lies in the proper
 adjustment of the tensions.
   To remove the Work.-Stop the machine just before the
take is of back, which as the neither the and guil two d.
 three inches of thread from the spool. Raise the presser-foot
 and draw out the work from you, far enough to draw out the
 slack thread, and cut both threads near the cloth, by drawing
them across the thread-cutter at the lower end of the needle-bar.
 Pass the thread back under the presser-foot in position for

    Regulate the pressure of the Presser-foot by turning
the thumb-screw.  Heavy goods require more pressure than
light. Have only enough to keep the work down,

DIRECTIONS FOR USINGIO

   GENERAL DIRECTIONS.


    To turn a Corner.-Stop the machine with the needle in
 the cloth, after it has been down and come partly up. Then lift
 the presser-foot, and turn the work in the manner desired, using
 the needle as a pivot.
    To swing the presser-foot out of the way for any pur-


 pase, the presser chine to raise the redie, is hushes point,
 to the right.
    Needles may be Sharpened on the emery wheel by placing

 it on the elderoud be only tigh the puin to moved he machine
 without slipping. Should it become too loose, a piece must be
 cut out near the belt hook, and another hole made and hooked
 again.
    For ordinary purposes the belt should pass around the
 smaller part of the bandwheel andthe larger part of the
 balance wheel. To obtain more power for heavy work, or to
 have the machine run easier, place the belt in the other groove
 of both wheels.
    To Clean the Machine.-Remove the front and back plate
 slides, throat-plate, and the bobbin-holder, and wipe off all the


ạ rep ding the bobbin holde be sure and ain he ae, and eca.
right as it willgo, and turn the screw down tightly with the
screw-driver.
    If the machineAfter hascleaning,been neglectedoil as beforeand directed.has become gummed,
 use kerosene oil or turpentine, and wipe thoroughly to remove

all Causesold oil ofandthedirt,Machineafter whichnot workinguse sewingproperlymachine willoil asusuallyusual.

 be found in the tension not being properly adjusted, the threag
 being too coarse for the needle, the needle and thread too coarse
for the throat-plate, or in the needle being bent, blunted, or
                See that the needle is pushed up as far as it
imperfectlywill go into set.the needle-bar, and that it goes perfectly true through
the hole in the throat-plate.  If it does not, spring the point in

 the requisite direction, till it goes all the way alike.
   If the machine misses stitches when using hard twisted cotton
 thread, loosen the set screw and turn the long groove of the
 needle slightly towards you (to throw the loop more directly in

front of the rotating hook).
   Do not let the thread check, or the groove in the tension-pulley

become clogged with lint, dirt, or knots of thread.

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withou singing silk, he tie or more times tho ted the pulley:
   Do not let the guide-roller, or the roller in the upper end of
the take-up, become clogged, but frequently oil the screws on
which they turn, so that they may turn freely.
   To adjust the Feed.- -Should the feed-bar be worn down
by long use, it may be raised by turning the middle screw in the
feed point, with the screw-driver on the small steel wrench.
Turning to the right will raise, and to the left will lower the
point.
     It should never rise more than one thirty-second of an inch
above the plate, or enough to raise the hemmer slightly.
   The feed is always adjusted properly when the machine
leaves the office.





     Plain Glass.       Side-cut Glass.      Corder Glass.      Gathering Glass.
   The Plain Glass is for all ordinary sewing and stitching.
   The Side-Cut Glass is for stitching close to, andparallel
 with very thick seams, and also to be used with the plate gauge,
 for narrow tucking, etc., where it is desirable to place the gauge
 very near the needle.
    To Cord with the Corder Glass.- Insert the corder glass into
 the presser-foot. Place the cord between the cloth where you
 desire to stitch it, and crowd it into its place as close as possible
 with the
 ruth inhe i long near she cord on sop of the cons. Then, the
 work under the presser-foot, with. the cord in the crease in the
   bottom of the glass, and stitch as usual.

 use Torfor thethe upperupper threadthread aa muchmuch largerlarger onedae thanthan usual,usual, say No. 36

 for ordi Make the tension of thethe upperupper threadthread tight,try s, andae, stathat7o,of
 the under thread as loose as possible; stitch the cloth where it is



 is too great even with the shortest stitch, reduce the upper ten-
 sion. If desirable in any case sew with threads as above, with


 the upper be doing up the upper the sat by he work slightly,

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     Braider Glass.


                                       Braiding.
    To Braid.-Insert the braider glass in the presser-foot, pass
  the braid through the extra hole and under the needle, so that it
 may pass through it, and stitch the fabric where you wish to lay
 the braid.       By having a pattern first stamped or marked upon
  the goods, the braid may be stitched on in beautiful designs.





      Hemmer.





    To Hem. - Insert the hemmer in place of the glass. Roll
 the corner of the cloth slightly, enter it into the scroll of the

 hemmer, and draw it along to the needle, and proceed to stitch
as usual, and the hemmer will turn the hem; keep the edge of
 the cloth in the hemmer only far enough to surround the tongue
within the scroll, as if too much or too little is kept in the
hemmer it will leave a raw edge.   If the seam is not on the
edge of the hem, it is probably because the needle is bent, in
which case spring it till it is perfectly true.  If it does not then
strike the hem right, it is because the presser-bar has been turned,

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in which case loosen the screw which holds the bar from turning,
and move the hemmer slightly in the direction required, and
tighten the screw again hrmly.
   The hemmer is always in proper position when sent out, so
that the needle will strike the hem in the proper place; and the
bar should not be moved unless rendered necessary by accident.
   To make a wide hem, fold the cloth over to the width of the
hem desired, crease it down smoothly, and pass the edge through
 the hemmer, which will turn the edge under while it is being
 stitched down.
   To Fell with the Hemmer.-First seam up the two edges,
 one a little wider than the other; a good rule for getting them of
 the proper width is to keep the edge of the upper piece of cloth
 under the notch in the end of the hemmer, and let the under
 piece project beyond the upper as far as the side of the hemmer.
 Then open the cloth and pass it under the presser-foot, allowing
               the raw edge to pass through the hemmer, which
                 will turn it under as in hemming.  Nearly the whole
                secret in felling is in getting the edges the proper
             width in sewing the first seam.
                  The Flate Gauge is attached to the plate by
           means of the extra thumb-screw, and is used for
               stitching at a regular distance from an edge.
     To Quilt.- -Attach the
  quilting gauge to the pres-
  ser-foot, as seen in the cut,
  and adjust it to the width
  desired.
    Let the fingerof the
  gauge rest upon the cloth-
  platefora guidewhile
  stitching the first seam,
   then raise the finger enough
   to let the quilt pass under
   without touching, and keep
  the seamlast stitched
   directly under the finger, to
  insure theseams being      Quilting or Bosom Gauge.
   equal distances apart.
    To Stitch Shirt Bosoms.-Set the gauge as far from the
   needle as you wish to have the stitching from the edge of the
   fold or plait, and guide the work so that the edge of the plait
   will follow the gauge.

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     EXTRA ATTACHMENTS.
  Various attachments for special kinds of work are made, among

      which are the following, which may be burchased from our

     Agents.





    Improved Tuck Marker.-Insert the loose end of the Con-
 necting Rod (j) into the tube (k) and attach the Marker to the Cloth-
 Plate by means of the Screw which accompanies it, setting the Gauge (a)
 as far from the Needle as you desire the width of the Tuck, and after
 the oing the edle p, we the end ve the assati Treet e) under the
 Loosen the Clamp Screw (p) on the Gauge and set the Creaser (g) as
 far forward of the Needle as you wish to fold the cloth for the next Tuck,
 and tighten the screw. Place the cloth beneath the spring (4) and the
 Creaser, and regulate the Creaser to make a good mark by means of the
 Connecting Tube (k). Turning the Tube to screw the Screw out, in-
 creases, and in, diminishes the pressure.(Have only pressure enough to
 make a good mark.)  If the cloth does not follow the Gauge evenly, it
 is usually because the Gauge does not stand true.  If, when the Gauge
 does stand true, the cloth works away from the Gauge, it is because the

fine clothe imes le pon the Gauge, the eife to warns the Gauge) and.
 See that the Needle goes perfectly true through the hole in the Cloth plate.
 Oil the joints at the back end of the Tucker and the Operating Lever
 where it slides in the Tube, and occasionally put the least drop possible
in the joints of the Rocker (e) at the front end.  If too much oil is put
there it may run down and soil the goods. The under side of the Rocker
may require oiling if used constantly, especially by steam power.
oil the edge of a bit of cloth slightly, and draw it under the Rocker.

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  To Cord. - Insert
the steel-corder into the
presser-foot in place of
the glass, as shown in
the cut.  Draw the cord
through the tube, and
 place one thickness of
 cloth above and the
                             The Corder. other below  it, and
 stitch as usual,being
 careful to guide the
 cloth so as to lay the
 cordclose up inthe
 fold, or to the cord last
 laid.
   The tube should be
 so set as to deliver the
 cord into the groove in
 the bottom of the cor-
  der, and the presser-foot
 so setas tobring the
 line of stitching close
  to the cord.

                                          Cording.


                        The Seam Stay Foot or Trimmer
                                in some kinds of manufac-
                         is us, stitching stay binding over
                     seams to strengthen them, and also in
                         stitching trimmingupon ladies'
                            children's clothing.
                    Remove thesteelpresser-foot and
                         insert the seamstay foot in its place.
                      Passthe stay binding up through the
                                 first and down through the second slot,
                      adjustthe gauge tothe width of the
                         binding and the presser-foot so that the
                       needle will strike the binding in the
                       proper place. To use the above as a
                        trimmer, insert the trimming the same
    Seam Stay Foot.    as the stay binding and guide the gar-
                     ment to stitch the trimming in the place
                          desired.

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    Improved Rufler.-Connect the end of operating lever (2)
 with the projection on the needle-bar thread-guide, and screw
 the ruffler firmly to the machine by means of the thumb-screw,
 being careful that the needle passes through the centre of the
 hole in the spring under the presser-foot.
     Insert the piece to which you wish to sew the ruffle beneath
 the lower blade, and the ruffle between the two lower blades of
 the ruffler. Set the machine for a short stitch to insure fine
 gathers.
    Regulate the width of the seam by the adjustable gauge (5),
 and the fulness of the ruffle by means of the screw (6).
 ing the screw in, increases, and out, diminishes the fulness.
     It will often be found most convenient to gather and stitch
 the ruffle upon a narrow strip or band, and afterwards sew to the
garments, using the band for a facing  The pressure on the
greater for hear me gate light fo the was list, but should be





          Einder.

                                            Binding.

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   To Bind.-Pass the end of the binding through the binder,
and set the guides to the width of the binding.
   Attach the binder to the cloth plate by means of the thumb-
screw, and substitute the presser-foot which accompanies the
binder for the ordinary one.  Adjust the binder upon the cloth
plate, so that the needle will strike the binding in the proper
place. Pass the edge of the material through the binder and
stitch as usual.

    NoTE.-Binders are made for all kinds of special work, and may be ordered
throughour agents.To avoid mistakes in ordering send sample of binding and
material.

   To Braid with the under Bzaider.
 -Substitute the feed points and throat plate
 of the braider for those upon the machine.
 Pass the end of the braid through the slot in
 the throat plate and back over the feed points.
 Have the pattern stamped upon the back side
 of the material. Stitch as usual, following the
 pattern, and the braid will be stitchedupon
 the right side of the material in the same de-
 sign as the pattern. These throat plates are
 made in three sizes-for coarse, fine, and
 medium braid.                               The Under Braider.


                        The  Adjustable Under
                           Braider is used the same as
                            the one before described, but
                    may be adapted to any width
                              of braid. Pass the braid through
                             the slot, and beneath the small
       A                spring on the under side of the
                            cover (A), andso adjust the slot
                                to the width of the braid. Place
                              the cover over the throat plate,
                         so that the needle willstrike
                               the braid as desired, and secure
                                              it by means of the thumb-screw.

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     Extra Presser Feet.-The steel presser feet are used for


  somefor anyspecialwhich kindsrequiresof themanufacturing;use of very poorthe slottedor rough onethreadbeingon

  coarse work.





       Leather Work.-The roller presser-foot, leather feed-points,
    and throat plate, are preferable where machines are required for
    leather-stitching, and may be readily substituted for those which
   accompany the machine.

    preventThe theThreadthreadOilex.-Thefrom breakingobjectwhenofusingthe thread-oilerpoor thread, oris into
          sewing hard, stiff goods, and also to keep the needle from
        gumming up when stitching patent leather. If preferable,
          however, the surface of patent leatherstiffgoodsmay be slightlymay be
           oiledrubbed,beforewhere sewing,it is to andbe sewed,the hard,with hard, white soap.
              Attach the thread-oiler to the machine by inserting
            its stem, into the hole at the right of the tension pulley,
           and secure it by tighteningthe set-screw in the arm.
     Thread Saturate the pad with oil, and let the thread between the
        Oiler,           spool and the tension draw over it. When not required
       it may remain as in use, and the thread can be passed by the
    side of it. .